musings and meditations from an ordinary husband, father, and pastor seeking to follow Christ

hell is an endless holiday

Bernard Shaw wrote: “Hell is an endless holiday – the everlasting state of having nothing to do and plenty of money to spend on doing it.” Well, at least that’s his definition of hell. For a culture who worships entertainment and dreads, among many things, being bored, having nothing to do is torture, especially when you have the means to go out and stimulate yourself with another activity. If a person constantly craves titillation, unable to sit still, unable to sustain thought, unable to create their own entertainment, being bored is hellish.